U.S. At War: Into the Valley of Death

Some were skinny and some
were broad, some short, some tall. One of them was turned down twice by
the Army because he had been sitting at a desk too long, so he swung a
pick for 18 months in a construction gang and got into the Navy. They were
just Americans, with a ready wisecrack, an eye for a pretty leg, a nostalgia
for the corner drugstore at home and an idea that they wanted to be somebody
someday.

Because they were young, they liked to fly. Because they liked to fly, they joined...